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John E. Lewis, must. out Aug. 18, 1865, from Vet. Res. Corps. Ismel Lozier, disch, for disability, March 13, 1865. Scott Marshall, disch. May 4, 1865. Timothy D. Porter, must. out June 17, 1865. Joseph R. Phillips, disch. for disability, Jan. 20, 1865. Franklin S. Peck, must. out June 24, 1865. David L. Reynolds, must. out June 9, 1865. George F. Smith, must. out May 29, 1865. George Shrutt, must. out June 30, 1865. James W. Stephens, dischi. by order, June 7, 1865. Frederick Wolf, must. out July 26, 1865. Charles Wilkins, must. out July 26, 1865. George Wenetig, disch. for disability, June 13, 1865. Joseph Warwick, Jr., disch. for disability, June 20, 1865. William Wilson, must. out Ang. 16, 1865. Martin Winfield, must. out July 26, 1865. James P. Young, must. out July 26, 1865. Joseph Marvin, must. out July 8, 1865.
THIRTIETH INFANTRY.
On account of the numerous attempts made by the rebels to organize plundering raids in Canada against our northern border, authority was given by the War Department to the Governor of this State, in the autumn of 1864, to raise a regiment of infantry for one year's service, especially de- signed to guard the Michigan frontier. Its formation, under the name of the 30th Michigan Infantry, was begun at Jackson, on the 7th of November, 1864, and was completed at Detroit, on the 9th of January, 1865. Company G was
principally recruited in this county, which furnished it with sixty members ; Company C had seven Hillsdale County members ; Company E, one; Company H, eleven ; Company K, five; making a total of eighty-nine.
When the organization was completed, the regiment was stationed at various points along the frontier, Company G being at Detroit, H at Fenton, etc. But the speedy collapse of the rebellion put an end to Canadian raids, and the regi- ment, though its will was good, had no active service to perform. It remained on duty until the 30th of June, 1865, when it was mustered out of service.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
George A. Douglass, commissioned capt. Nov. 28, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. William C. Campbell, com. 1st. lieut. Nov. 28, 1864; must. out June 30, 1865. John A. Forbes, com. 2d lieut. Nov. 28, 1864 ; must. ont June 30, 1865. Orrin S. Davis, Co. G; died at Jackson, Mich., May 23, 1865. Irving S. Hill, Co. G ; died at Detroit, Mich., Jan. 5, 1865. Byron Pierce, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. Eugene Reeves, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. John Benjamin, Jr., Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. William Handyside, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. Israel King, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. Francis Smith, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. John Scanow, Co. C; must. out June 30, 1865. Parker K. Allen, Co. E; must. out June 30, 1865. Wm. Ernest Lockwood, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. David Fox, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. Joseph Totten, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. Henry Humphrey, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. Edwin N. Douglass, Co. H ; must. out June 30, 1865. Eugene J. Olney, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. Willard Hattell, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. Aaron B. Ranney, Co. H; must. ont June 30, 1865. William J. Stone, Co. H ; must. out June 30, 1865. Andrew C. Peterson, Co. H ; must. out June 30, 1865. Walter C. Browning, Co. H; must. out June 30, 1865. William Ramsey, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Alfred E. Archibald, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. William E. Aldrich, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. John Arch, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Mathew Burt, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. George Britton, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. John Boone, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Bernard A. Cook, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. James M. Cutler, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Homer A. Campbell, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Elijalı W. Craig, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. George E. Conant, Co. G; ninst. out June 30, 1865. Alvin Drake, Co. G; must. ont June 30, 1865. John F. Delamater, Co. G; must. ont June 30, 1865. George A. Davenport, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles H. Dean, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles B. Fowler, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. George D. Gray, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles W. Goodale, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Martin G. Hitchcock, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. John Howland, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Alpheus F. Haas, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. George D. Irish, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Ferdinand Kelsey, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Levi H. Kinney, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles Lockwood, Co. G ; must. out. June 30, 1865. Franklin Lewis, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Wm. R. Montgomery, Jr., Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Alpheus D. Maloney, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. James H. Miller, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Chester Martin, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles Martin, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. John C. Moore, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Reuben Moses, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. James H. Newell, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Frank Nicholson, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Edgar J. Older, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Darwin Odell, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Samuel Odell, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. John Petyt, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Newton W. Piper, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. David W. Perry, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. James R. Quigley, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. John B. Robins, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Burtis Robins, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865.
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Seth Robins, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Frank W. Ralph, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Stephen N. Rowley, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. David S. Stone, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Daniel Snyder, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Seth J. Spitter, Co. G; must. out May 22, 1865. Martin V. B. Stranahan, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Theodore Silvernail, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Milton Shepardson, Co. G; must. ont June 30, 1865. Franklin Stuck, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Michael R. Spelman, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Arvid S. Thomas, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Stephen G. Updyke, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Stephen G. Vanduyer, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Charles E. Vanduyer, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Lewis T. Worden, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Arthur A. Walters, Co. G ; must. out June 30, 1865. Gilbert D. Walmsley, Co. G; must. out June 30, 1865. Wm. H. Kelley, Co. K ; must. ont June 30, 1865. William Levanway, Co. K; must. out June 30, 1865. Daniel Morehouse, Co. K; must. out June 30, 1865. John T. Porter, Co. K; must. out June 30, 1865. Ezra W. Weaver, Co. K ; must. June 30, 1865.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE FIRST SHARPSHOOTERS AND FIRST ENGI- NEERS AND MECHANICS.
Formation of the 1st Sharpshooters-After John Morgan-Hills- dale Representation-In the Wilderness-Nature of the Service- Heavy Loss at Spottsylvania-Cut off and Charging Back-Eighty- four Missing-Capturing Works without Results-Casualties in the Campaign-Defense of Fort Steadman-The 1st Regiment in Petersburg-The End-List of Members-Design of First Engi- neers and Mechanics-Hillsdale County Members-Services in Tennessee and Mississippi-Repulsing two Cavalry Brigades- Work in Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama-Ordered to Atlanta-Hard Work on the March to the Sea-Closing Scenes- Disbanded-The Officers and Soldiers.
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FIRST SHARPSHOOTERS.
THE formation of the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters (which must be distinguished from the 1st United States Sharp- shooters, though the latter was largely recruited in Michi- gan) was begun in the autumn of 1862. Its headquarters were at Kalamazoo, but were changed in the spring of 1863 to Dearborn. In the summer of that year six companies, all that were then formed, were ordered to Southern In- diana to check the progress of John Morgan and his rebel raiders, but they soon returned to Michigan, and the regi- ment had its ranks full by the 16th of August. One com- pany (C) was mostly from Hillsdale County, seventy-six of its members hailing from that territory. Besides this there were, during the war, six Hillsdale County men in A company, thirty-four in B, three in E, five in F, three in H, and five in I, making one hundred and twenty-nine in all.
After guarding prisoners at Chicago until March 17, 1864, the regiment was ordered to Annapolis, Md., where it was assigned to the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps. It soon joined the Army of the Potomac, and met the enemy for the first time in the battle of the Wilderness, on the 6th and 7th of May, where it had twenty-four men killed and wounded. From their name the sharp- shooters were evidently intended to act principally as skir- mishers and advance guards, fighting in detail, picking off rebel officers and artillerists, and other similar work. But
these careful arrangements regarding particular corps often do not work well in the rough practice of the battle-field, and the record of the body in question does not seem to have been seriously different from that of any other in- fantry regiment.
The sharpshooters behaved with great gallantry at the battles near Spottsylvania Court-House on the 9th, 10th, and 12th days of May, in which the regiment suffered severely, having thirty-four killed and one hundred and seventeen wounded. It also had a sharp skirmish at the crossing of the North Anna River, on the 23d of May. Although taking part in numerous skirmishes and other hostile operations, it was not again very warmly engaged until the charge made on the enemy's works before Peters- burg on the 17th of June. The sharpshooters gallantly pushed their way into the intrenchments, and twice, with other regiments, met and repulsed the rebels who charged to recapture the works. At length, however, the rebels threw a large force in the rear of this regiment, it being on the extreme left of its corps, compelling it either to surrender or break through the enveloping lines. The men promptly chose the latter course, and by a rapid charge most of them made their way through and rejoined their comrades. The regiment had thirty-one killed, forty-six wounded, and eighty-four missing.
On the 30th of July the sharpshooters charged, in the advance of their brigade, on the works next to the fort which was blown up by the celebrated Petersburg mine, capturing the intrenchments and about fifty prisoners. As, however, the Union forces were unable to force their way through the blown-up fort, the regiment was obliged to retire. During the remainder of the summer and autumn it was engaged in trench and picket work, alternating with numerous conflicts, none of them very severe, yet sharp enough so that the casualties between the opening of the campaign and the 1st of November footed up one hundred and six killed in action and two hundred and twenty-seven wounded. Forty had also died of disease in the same time, and one hundred and fifty-eight were reported " missing in action," of whom some were killed, some were taken prisoners, and some had probably deserted.
The sharpshooters continued engaged in the arduous duties of the siege of Petersburg until the 25th of March, 1865. On that day Companies I and K were a part of the garrison of Fort Steadman. The rebels attacked that post, but were defeated with severe loss, the Union men charging out and capturing a large number of prisoners.
The end was now rapidly approaching. Nearly every regiment was kept constantly fighting, and the sharpshooters had their full share of the deadly work. On the 3d of April the regiment was ordered to move forward in the advance at half-past three in the morning, when it was found that the enemy had evacuated Petersburg. The column pushed on, and the 1st Michigan Sharpshooters were the foremost Union regiment to enter the city.
After doing service on the South Side Railroad until the surrender of Lee, the regiment went with its division to Washington. It remained in that vicinity until the last of July, when it returned to Jackson, Mich., and on the 7th of August was paid off and disbanded.
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OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Lucien Meigs, commissioned capt., March 31, 1863; res. Aug. 9, 1864. William Clark, com. 1st. lieut., March 31, 1863; res. May 3, 1864.
Thomas R. Fowler, com. Ist lieut., March 31, 1863; capt., Aug. 15, 1864; disch. for disab., Oct. 16, 1864.
Asahel R. Strong, com. asst. surg., Jan. 15, 1864; disch. for disability, July 9, 1864.
Leverett N. Case, com. 1st lieut., Oct. 14, 1864; capt., March 7, 1865; brev. maj., April 2, 1865, for bravery before Petersburg.
Francis Whipple, com. 1st lieut., March 31, 1863; disch. for disab., Sept. 13, 1864. Albert P. Thomas, com. 2d lieut., March 31, 1863 ; disch. for disah., Sept. 13, 1864. Matthew C. Sharp, Co. C; died at Chicago, Ill., Oct. 17, 1863.
James G. Stombaugh, Co. C; died at Dearborn, Mich., July 5, 1863. Reuben Evy, Co. B; died of wounds, June 6, 1864.
James Fullerton, Co. B; killed near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864. Alexander Wallace, Co. B; died of w'ds, June 23, 1864, at Annapolis Junc., Md. Sylvester M. Osborn, Ce. B; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Elias Fullerton, Co. B; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Charles Quance, Co. B; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Clark Fox, Jr., Co. B; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. John Beck, Co. B; killed at North Anna River, Va., May 25, 1864. John B. Gilbert, Co. C; killed near Petersburg, Va., June 28, 1864. Alonzo B. Walls, Co. C; killed near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864. Warren Sharp, Co. C; died of wounds, near Petersburg, Va., July 13, 1864. Gilbert Morehouse, Co. C; died of wounds, near Petersburg, Va., June 22, 1864. Roland Mills, Co. C; died of wounds, near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864. John S. Vader, Co. C; killed in the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Randolph Betts, Co. C; killed at Spottsylvania, Va., May 12, 1864. Charles Fox, Co. B; died at Annapolis, Md., March 28, 1864. James Signs, Co. B; died at Camp Douglas, Ill., March 29, 1864. Charles A. Vliet, Co. C; killed accidentally on railroad, Feb. 8, 1864. Albert C. Baker, Co. C; died at Camp Douglas, Ill., Feb. 21, 1864. William M. Cummings, Co. C; died at Alexandria, Va., July 3, 1864. Willard Barnes, Co. C; died at City Point, Va., Aug. 19, 1864. Nicholas Crilley, Co. C; died.
James Larronay, Co. C; died at City Point, Va., Aug. 12, 1864. Lucius P. Spencer, Co. C; died at David's Island, N. Y., July 24, 1864. Hiram Pierce, Co. C; died at Reading, Mich., Sept. 7, 1864. Lafayette Weston, Co. C; died at Annapolis, Md., Oct. 27, 1864. Joseph Crawford, Co. C; died at Annapolis, Md., March 31, 1864. Francis Urie, Co. C; missing near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864; returned. Stanley W. Turner, Co. C; missing near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864 ; returned. Milo Osterhout, Co. H; missing near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864; returned. Daniel Cross, Co. C; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps., Jan. 15, 1864. George W. Wainer, N. C. S .; disch. for disability, Sept. 10, 1864. Charles H. Field, Co. C; killed near Petersburg, Va., March 29, 1865. Clark Fox, Sr., Co. B; died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 27, 1864. Cyrus Face, Co. B; died at Andersonville, Ga., Sept. 9, 1864. Augustus H. Ferris, Co. C; died at Salisbury, N. C., June 5, 1865. Russell T. Lawrence, Co. C; died at Alexandria, Va., Dec. 2, 1864. William O. Clemens, Co. C; died at Andersonville, Ga., July 25, 1864. Alfred Davis, Co. C; died on hospital boat, Oct. 15, 1864. Nathan J. Cahon, Co. H; died at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 13, 1864. Judson Eldred, Co. C; disch. for disability, Sept. 16, 1863. James Scoby, Co. C; disch. for disability, June 16, 1863. Silas Beck worth, Co. C; disch. for disability. Theodore V. Purdy, N. C. S .; must. out July 28, 1865. Albert H. Keating, N. C. S .; must. out July 28, 1865. George W. Crisler, Co. A ; must. out Sept. 6, 1865, from Vet. Res. Corps. Daniel Fisher, Co. A; must. out May 12, 1865. William R. Branyan, Co. A ; must. out June 24, 1865. Henry Doile, Co. A; disch. by order. John B. Eaton, Co. A ; disch. by order. Osborn Sheeley, Co. A ; disch. by order. Josephi Stevens, Co. B; must. out June 2, 1865. Ralph Mcclellan, Co. B; must. out June 2, 1865. George W. Barnes, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. William Bryant, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Henry Burton, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Peter Demarest, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Andrew H. Face, Co. B; must. out June 13, 1865. Benjamin Hosmer, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Marvin Maloney, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Chester R. Phillips, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Albert Quance, Co. B; disch. for disability, June 20, 1865. Harrison Snyder, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Colland Stafford, Co. B; must. out July 1, 1865. Charles Stafford, Co. B; must. ont July 28, 1865. John H. Sweet, Co. B; must. out Aug. 14, 1865. Irwin Stocker, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. William W. Wells, Co. B; must. out July 28, 1865. Orlon Hopkins, Co. B; must. out Aug. 14, 1865. Charles W. Lake, Co. C; disch. for disability, Jan. 7, 1865. William C. Hughes, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. James S. Adams, Co. C; must. out. Lewis C. Adams, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Andrew Bailey, Co. C ; must. out July 28, 1865.
Spencer Beard, Co. C; must. out Aug. 7, 1865. William Burroughs, Co. C; disch. for disability, Dec. 15, 1864. Albert H. Cook, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. George Davis, Co. C; must. out Aug. 5, 1865. John D. Evans, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Jedediah Grey, Co. C; disch. May 8, 1865. William H. Guy, Co. C; must. out Aug. 14, 1865. Amos Hoffman, Co. C; disch. for disability, March 3, 1865.
John D. Hunt, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Joel B. Haynes, Co. C; must. out May 31, 1865. George D. Lenhart, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865.
James McConnell, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. John W. Potter, Co. C; dischi. for disability, May 9, 1865.
Job Priest, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865.
Augustus Ransom, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Zina D. Ransom, Co. C; must. out May 29, 1865. William C. Raymond, Co. C.
Nathaniel Rogers, Co. C; must. out Aug. 19, 1865. Andrew J. Savage, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Alonzo B. Smith, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Jolin H. Spencer, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Eugene A. Taylor, Co. C; must. out Aug. 11, 1865, from Vet. Res. Corps.
Thomas Urie, Co. C; must. out June 7, 1865. William Wagner, Co. C; must. out Aug. 14, 1865.
Eliphalet Barber, Co. C; disch. by writ of habeas corpus, May 2, 1863. Charles E. Nichols, Co. C; must. out Aug. 14, 1865. Alexander Cahon, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. John W. Lathrop, Co. C; must. out June 8, 1865. Almond C. Abbott, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Leman C. Abbott, Co. C; must. out June 6, 1865. Franklin Palmer, Co. C; must. out June 5, 1865. Franklin Bell, Co. C; must. out July 28, 1865. Levi J. Faulk, Co. C; must. out July 14, 1865. Stanley W. Turner, Co. C; must. out June 13, 1865. Daniel Teachout, Co. E; must. out July 28, 1865. James B. Haight, Co. E; disch. for disability, Feb. 28, 1865.
Peter Hagerman, Co. E; must. out July 28, 1865. George C. Dean, Co. F; must. out July 28, 1865. Frank McClelland, Co. F ; must. out June 3, 1865. Alfred D. Nobles, Co. F; must. out June 3, 1865. Edward P. Robbins, Co. F; must. out June 7, 1865. Oliver Sharp, Co. F; must. out June 7, 1865. Cornelius Youngs, Jr., Co. I; must. out Aug. 14, 1865. Josiah Walker, Co. I; must. out June 26, 1865. Riley Wilson, Co. I; must. out June 2, 1865. Joseph Wickham, Co. I; must. out June 2, 1865. Stephen W. Wickham, Co. I; must. out June 2, 1865.
FIRST ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
The regiment bearing this name was raised in the sum- mer and autumn of 1861, its rendezvous being at Marshall, Calhoun County. It was intended, as its name implies, to be principally employed in the numerous kinds of mechani- cal and engineering work incident to the operations of an army, and, unlike many other special organizations, it was largely used for the purpose originally designed. It was also armed with infantry weapons, and, whenever called on, its members showed themselves as prompt in battle as they were skillful in labor. There were thirty-three members from Hillsdale County, distributed among nine companies, as follows : Company A, six ; Company B, three; Company D, one; Company E, two; Company F, one ; Company G, five; Company H, eight; Company I, one ; Company K, four ; non-commissioned staff, one.
The regiment left Marshall on the 17th of December, 1861, for Louisville, Ky., and, after the capture of Fort Donelson opened Tennessee to the Union army, the Ist Engineers and Mechanics was speedily at work in that State. Owing to the nature of the service required of them they were employed in detachments, and it would be impracticable to trace them through the half of their numerous locations, marches, and labors. Immediately after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, the regiment was engaged eight weeks in constructing steamboat-landings. In June, 1862, it built seven bridges on the Memphis
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and Charleston Railroad, ranging from eighty to three hundred and fifty feet in length. It was also engaged throughout the season in opening and repairing railroads in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Northern Alabama and Mis- sissippi.
While at Lavergne, Tenn., on the 1st of January, 1863, a part of the regiment was attacked by two brigades of rebel cavalry, under Generals Wheeler and Wharton, with two pieces of artillery, but succeeded in defeating them, with serious loss. During the year the regiment, divided into detachments, was almost constantly engaged in build- ing bridges, making pontoons, and other similar work, in Tennessee and Northern Alabama. One of the bridges (over Elk River, Tenn.) was four hundred and sixty feet long.
The same work was continued through the greater part of 1864 and in the same localities,-mostly in the vicinity of Chattanooga, Bridgeport, Stevenson, and Decatur.
The men whose terms had expired were mustered out in October, but there were enough re-enlisted inen and recruits, so that the force was kept up nearly to its original strength.
About the 1st of November the regiment, except two companies, was transferred to Atlanta, Ga., where it de- stroyed an immense number of rebel foundries, rolling- mills, etc., and then marched, with Sherman's army, through to Savannah, being obliged to keep up with the army and work hard destroying railroads, etc., at the same time. After several weeks' labor, fortifying Savannah, the regi- ment proceeded with Sherman through the Carolinas, and thence to Washington. In June it was sent to Nashville, where it was employed on the defenses until the latter part of September. It was disbanded at Jackson, Mich., on the 1st of October, 1865.
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS FROM HILLSDALE COUNTY.
Caleb A. Ensign, commissioned 1st lieut. Dec. 8, 1863 ; Ist lieut., March 11, 1864; must. out Sept. 22, 1865.
Jacob Shafer, Co. H; died Dec. 20, 1862. Anson R. Eddy, Co. H; died of wounds, Oct. 10, 1862, at Perrysville, Ky. Simeon Hicks, Co. B; died at Evansville, Ind., Jan. 3, 1864. George Shafer, Co. I; died at Cartersville, Ga., Sept. 7, 1864. Christopher Kinney, Co. E; trans. to Vet. Res. Corps. Hiram Carey, Co. A; disch. for disability, Nov. 17, 1862. John Price, Co. H; disch. for disability, June 21, 1862. Jeremiah Gardner, Co. A ; disch. for disability, March 9, 1863. John D. Shoemaker, Co. G; disch. for disability, June 18, 1863. Edwin Smith, Co. A ; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 31, 1864. John Pittswood, Co. D; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 31, 1864. Albert Roberts, Co. H; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 31, 1864. Harmon S. Wood, Co. K ; disch. for disability, Dec. 26, 1863. Albert M. Wells, Co. K ; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 31, 1864. James B. Lyon, Co. H ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Jan. 1, 1864. William Hedden, Co. K ; disch. to re-enl. as veteran, Feb. 14, 1864. Benjamin F. Edwards, N. C. S .; disch. at expiration of service, Oct. 31, 1864. Hiram Carey, Co. A ; disch. for disability, Nov. 17, 1862. Edgar A. Shattuck, Co. A ; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. George A. Hicks, Co. B ; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. John W. Covert, Co. E; disch. by order, June 6, 1865. Freeman Fuller, Co. F; disch. by order, July 7, 1865. Henry J. Devoe, Co. G; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Alfred Phillips, Co. G; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Samuel J. Hoot, Co. G; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Euclid Hubbard, Co. G; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. George Carlow, Co. H; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Jonathan D. Butler, Co. H; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Daniel Bolles, Co. I; must. out at Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 22, 1865. Peleg G. Roberts, Co. K; disch. by order, Sept. 9, 1862.
CHAPTER XVII.
SECOND, FOURTH, AND SEVENTH CAVALRY.
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